I don't believe that conciousness entails free will, tbh. I think we're all just kinda prisoners in a meat vessel. And yes, I have to trust that that meat-vessel is correct in describing the world to "Me", both because "I" am it, and also because it is the only thing through which I can experience, or think of, anything at all.
Making decisions doesn’t imply free will, but that you can make decisions relying on inputs of your brain itself (le self-reflection). You can read a story on the internet and decide to treat homeless people better for example, despite your sensory inputs staying the same before you read said story.
*crucially, you can arrive at that decision just by thinking about problem itself, only relying on your internal memories and thought patterns. You can leave human in white room, and he can arrive at different conclusion one hour later about completely unrelated to whiteness of the room problem.
I don't believe that conciousness entails free will, tbh. I think we're all just kinda prisoners in a meat vessel. And yes, I have to trust that that meat-vessel is correct in describing the world to "Me", both because "I" am it, and also because it is the only thing through which I can experience, or think of, anything at all.
Making decisions doesn’t imply free will, but that you can make decisions relying on inputs of your brain itself (le self-reflection). You can read a story on the internet and decide to treat homeless people better for example, despite your sensory inputs staying the same before you read said story.
*crucially, you can arrive at that decision just by thinking about problem itself, only relying on your internal memories and thought patterns. You can leave human in white room, and he can arrive at different conclusion one hour later about completely unrelated to whiteness of the room problem.